Mardi Gras Indian

Bo Dollis Jr. & The Wild Magnolias

Tue, 05/28/24
Bo Dollis, Jr.'s entire life has been shaped and spurred by Mardi Gras Indian culture. He masked for the first time at the age of ten, though his parents, Big Queen Laurita Dollis and the late Bo Dollis, Sr., Big Chief of The Wild Magnolias, wanted him to wait a few more ye... Read more

Wild Mohicans Indian Tribe

Mon, 05/27/24
Wild Mohicans Mardi Gras Indian Tribe was founded in 1996 in the city Of New Orleans. Our Tribe consists of 8 members whom has a certain position to carry. We (Wild Mohicans) have traveled and performed at festivals in and through out the United States. We have performed at... Read more

Flagboy Giz

Mon, 05/13/24

Cha Wa

Thu, 05/09/24
Cha Wa's infectious grooves and emphasis on New Orleans masking Indian culture is “a portable Mardi Gras dance party,” as Rolling Stone put it. Indeed, the twice Grammy-nominated group celebrates Mardi Gras Indian music - the driving rhythms, call and response chanting, and... Read more

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

Tue, 09/19/23

Tribal Gold ft. Big Chief Juan Pardo

Sun, 08/20/23
Tribal Gold ft. Big Chief Juan Pardo conjurs up that old Reese’s ad when the chocolate bar ends up in the peanut butter and a new taste treat is born. Such is the case with Tribal Gold, a conglomeration of members of The New Orleans Suspects, heirs to the Radiators with the... Read more

The Rumble

Sun, 08/06/23
The Rumble ft. Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. features six Grammy-nominated musicians and is led by Second Chief Joseph Boudreaux, Jr., son of the legendary Monk Boudreaux and heir to several layers of musical and Mardi Gras Indian traditions. With Boudreaux, of the Golden Eagl... Read more

Gladney

Sun, 08/06/23
GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, and saxophonist Gladney is a sixth-generation native of New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward, . Having performed and traveled professionally since the age of 12, Gladney is a graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOC... Read more

79rs Gang

Wed, 07/19/23
The 79rs Gang is led by musicians Jermaine Bossier and Romeo Bougere, the Big Chiefs of two rival Mardi Gras Indian tribes (the 7th Ward Creole Hunters and the 9th Ward Hunters).  These young talents interweave traditional Mardi Gras rhythms with vibrant contemporary hip ho... Read more

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